Girl Meets Girl

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Ghost stories - real and heard - growing up in Hawaii.  Pele, menehune, night marchers, obake, and more.  We recorded this late at night; a neighbor's cat was clawing at the screen door and scared us to death when it jumped up onto our windowsill.

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"Good Enough" by MAKENA * video on YouTube * song on iTunes

UPDATE -- message from Chad in Iraq: makena,
i got your package the other day but this is the first time ive been able to write. my unit had jus come off a long patrol then my friend grabbed me and said that i had a package from you guys! at the time i had completely forgotten and wasnt expecting anything. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! the lihing and mango was awesome. the lihing powder goes great on popcorn that the chaplain makes every sunday for service. ill sent a couple of the stickers to my brother back home. hes also a big fan of you. i told him that when i come back home well go see you guys play.
mahalo once again!
-chad. 
ps one more thing! i didnt know that you posted something on podcast. all those messages were a welcome sight and a HUGE morale booster. makes me even more willing to do what needs to be done to keep all you back home safe and free. :)

Listener of the Month - Cheryl of Long Beach, who co-founded and co-operates 2nd City Council Art Gallery & Performance Space!  

Congratulations to David from SF, winner of the vegan cookies
New Contest
The Prize: make-your-own Hawaii-style comfort food packets
Enter By: sharing what your favorite comfort food is in the comments

Links in this Ep
Cat Tricks
"Icons of Pop Music" - Three Decades of Photography by Sherry Rayn Barnett
Coming Out series on Siena and Toast's personal blog

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Favorite comfort foods - comment below :)

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MAKENA is on the preliminary ballot for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Contemporary Folk/Americana (category 69)!  MAKENA is selection #114.

Ongoing Contest
The Prize: a bag of vegan cookies for Halloween (yum! :)
Enter By: telling us A: what is scary to you and/or B: your favorite scary movie.  ...comment below!

Links in this Ep
Join MAKENA's email list
read more about MAKENA being on the preliminary Grammy ballot
“Good Enough" (featured track on MAKENA) video on YouTube
MAKENA on iTunes
MP3 demo from MAKENA
MAKENA track listing & liner notes
One of the reviews of MAKENA (one of the last on this linked page)
Other various press & reviews on MAKENA
HumaneCA.org
The Ride, celebrating Duke Kahanamoku and "the soul of surfing"
Flickr Group "It's A MAKENA World"

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Get ready for scary stuff from Hawaii next episode.  What's scary to you?  Do you have a favorite scary movie?  Comment below (Boo! :)

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The Gargantuan Coming Out Episode.  We share our stories.  And are still planning to share listener stories and comments, so if you don't mind sharing yours to help those who are going thru the coming out process, please email them to us at mail [at] girlmeetsgirlpodcast [dot] com.

Congratulations to Karen (Bonnie's partner :), winner of the Girl Meets Girl Podcast T-shirt!
New Contest
The Prize: a bag of vegan cookies for Halloween (yum! :)
Enter By: telling us A) what is scary to you (eg: Toast would say "clowns," Siena would say "flying cockroaches") and/or B: your favorite scary movie.  ...comment below!

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"My Little Japanese Boy" by Linda Green & The Tempos

Links in this Ep
Pegasez' Sqaure Pegz blog about coming out
October is Adopt-A-Shelter-Animal Month 
Honey is a healthy, spayed, polydactyl, indoor lap cat who needs a home -- if you're in the L.A. area and are interested, please email us: mail at girlmeetsgirlpodcast dot com.  Thanks!
Animal Acres' Compassionate Thanksgiving Celebration Day
The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty ballot initiative in California
API-PFLAG
Anyone and Everyone, the film
For The Bible Tells Me So, the film

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What's scary to you?  Do you have a favorite scary movie?  Get ready for scary stuff from Hawaii later this month.  Comment below!

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We've got audio of Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D) speaking to the crowd at Compassionate Cuisine.  Also, we attend the Podcast Expo and an Asian-American Awards Banquet.  (Pictured: Sam Spam)

Ongoing Contest
The Prize: a Girl Meets Girl shirt, or tank, or sweatshirt!
Enter By: telling us the most romantic thing you've ever done for someone, or the most romantic thing someone's ever done for you.  Comment below or email us at mail at girlmeetsgirlpodcast dot com.  

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"Love Comes First" by Techno Squirrels

Links in this Ep
Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Presidential candidate
Podcast and New Media Expo
OCA
Animals Acres, farmed animal sanctuary
Imagine Peace campaign in memory of John Lennon
Green Festivals
Spider Lilies, a lesbian film from Asian

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..what about being a good parent to your own self?

Congratulations to Alex, winner of the Girl Meets Girl Podcast sticker!
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Featured "song"
clips of us trying -- unsuccessfully -- to get our audio interface unit to work again

Links in this Ep
Mitten S. Kittens on Monday Morning News Blog
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Sat. Oct. 6 is the Compassionate Cuisine event in Long Beach, CA to benefit Animals Acres, a farmed animal sanctuary north of LAX

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